The idea has been dusted off again largely because of the declining cost of microprocessors.
The steadily declining cost of refrigeration has made eating much more interesting.
Now, the declining cost of the technology needed to set up a home office may have made the centers passé.
The rapidly declining cost of renewable energy, particularly solar photovoltaic (PV) energy, provides a great opportunity for nations around the world to embrace a sustainable, low-carbon economy.
The rapidly declining cost of communications and computing power has already wrought huge changes in the way people go about their daily lives.
With the declining cost of DVD recorders, the film industry has been waging a legal battle with computer companies that sell software for copying DVDs.
On the one hand, the rapidly declining cost of sequencing human genomes has enabled an explosion of information about polygenic complex diseases as reported in ever larger GWA studies.
They note that the declining cost of laptop and other computers, and efforts, like those in Philadelphia, to provide low-cost wireless Internet access, are likely to increase online access for groups that have been slow to connect.
While health care costs generally increase, 2 factors affect the relative cost of diabetes prevention interventions: the declining cost of metformin (even without insurance) and the new recommendation for vitamin B12 monitoring during metformin treatment.
They take advantage of the declining cost of screening, with some compound libraries – such as the Johns Hopkins library, which includes 3,500 drugs – available for screening at a small charge.
